TrueNet ® CopperTen ™ Product and SystemPERFORMANCE WARRANTY The TrueNet CopperTen limited Warranty applies to a qualifying cabling system “Certified System” installed by a True-Net Valu
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PERFORMANCE WARRANTY
The TrueNet CopperTen limited Warranty applies to a
qualifying cabling system (“Certified System”) installed by
a True-Net Value Added Reseller (VAR) in the United States,
and appropriately registered with ADC as evidenced by a
numbered TrueNetCertified System Registration Certificate
(“Registration Certificate”) issued by ADC to the end-user
All of the above are referred to as “Conditions” to the
ef-fectiveness of the Warranty
Warranty Coverage
The TrueNet CopperTen 20-year Warranty includes parts
and labor for all components and applications listed on
the Schedule of Products and Applications attached to the
Registration Certificate (the “Schedule) Subject to the
limi-tations contained herein, for a period of 20 years from the
date that all conditions to the effectiveness of the Warranty
have been met, ADC warrants to the end-user that:
(1) All components listed on the Schedule will be free from
defects in material or workmanship under normal and
proper use;
(2) All components listed on the Schedule will meet or
ex-ceed the specifications of the ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B and
all addendum standards in effect on the date the
War-ranty becomes effective unless otherwise specifically
noted on the Schedule of Products and Applications;
(3) The Certified System will meet or exceed the
attenu-ation and near-end crosstalk (NEXT) requirements of
ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B, ISO/IEC 11801 & ANSI/TIA/EIA
TSB-67 for cabling channels in effect on the date the
Warranty becomes effective In addition, our
Cop-perTen product portfolio, as described in the
appro-priate schedule, will comply to the latest ISO and TIA
drafts (TIA 568B.2 Addendum 10 and ISO 11801
Edi-tion 2.1) as of May 1st, 2005
(4) The Certified System will be free from defects that
would prevent operation of the Applications listed on
the Schedule
(5) In addition, for a period of 5 years from the effective
date of the Warranty, a throughput “zero-bit error”
Warranty shall be provided for each channel
compo-nent of the CopperTen Certified System that meet the
conditions, including testing, with equipment that
ex-ceeds the most recent IEEE 802.3 specifications at
that date in an operational environment without adverse environmental conditions (e.g., external noise sources) All testing shall be performed with hardware, software and test methodologies approved in writing by ADC Testing will be performed over a set period of time over a prede-termined amount of nodes with the intent to verify that no errors are present during the testing period for the specific structured cabling node(s) under test
The above “zero-bit error” Warranty is applicable to sys-tems running no more than Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T, IEEE 802.3ab)
What ADC Will Do
When a Certified System end-user believes, after reason-able investigation, that a failure in the operation of an Ap-plication listed on the Schedule is the result of the failure of the Certified System to meet its warranted specifications or performance, it shall promptly notify ADC in writing ADC may require, at its sole discretion, payment of ADC’s then-current charge to the end-user to cover testing by ADC
of the Certified System As a result of such testing and any additional review, ADC shall determine its responsibil-ity and provide any appropriate remedies pursuant to this Warranty, including repayment of the testing charge
If the Certified System or any component thereof fails to meet the Warranty set forth above as determined by ADC, ADC will at its sole discretion either cause the defective component or components to be repaired, or provide a replacement product or active electronic components to achieve Warranty compliance, or refund to the end-user the purchase price of the defective components If ADC elects to replace any components, it may use new or recon-ditioned replacement parts with the same or reasonably equivalent specifications Any such repair or replacement shall be warranted under the terms of this Warranty for the remainder of the term of this Warranty These rem-edies are the sole and exclusive remrem-edies of the end-user hereunder
Who Is Covered By This Warranty
This Warranty is for the benefit only of the end-user of the Certified System to whom the Registration Certificate
is issued As such, it may not be assigned without the prior written consent of ADC
Limitations on Warranty
This warranty is given in lieu of all other warranties, ex-press, implied or statutory, by ADC and the manufactur-ers of all components of the certified system, including,
without limitation, any warranties of merchantability or fit-ness for a particular purpose Neither ADC nor the manu-facturer of any component of the certified system will be liable for system down-time, inconvenience, disruption
of business, property damage, punitive damages, loss of profit or business or any other incidental or consequential damages caused by any failure of the certified system or any component thereof Under no circumstances shall any liability under this warranty exceed the purchase price of the certified system
What this Warranty Does Not Cover
This Warranty does not cover failure of a Certified System
or components resulting from actions or events beyond the control of ADC or the manufacturer of components, including, without limitation, alterations or additions to the Certified System that take place any time after the instal-lation and testing of the Certified System, bit errors due
to external noise sources, (such as from lighting, motors,
or appliances), unauthorized or improper repairs, misuse, accidents, fire, water damage, and acts of God
ADC’s entire liability and Customer’s exclusive remedy whether in contract, tort or otherwise, for any claim re-lated to or arising out of breach of the warranty covering Product or Services, shall be correction of defects by repair, replacement, re-performance of service or credit, at ADC’s discretion Refurbished Product may be used to repair or replace the Product and Customer shall have no claim to Product which was replaced or the components therein which were replaced ADC has no liability with respect to claims relating to or arising from the use of equipment not bearing the ADC name
All equipment not bearing the ADC name is supplied “AS IS” and Customer will look solely to the warranties and remedies, if any, provided by the equipment manufacturer
or vendor thereof In addition, ADC assumes no liability for equipment or services furnished by Customer nor does this warranty cover any copy of or update to any user manual for the Product
No agent, distributor, or representative is authorized to make any warranties on behalf of ADC or to assume for ADC any other liability in connection with any Product or Services
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